Suggestions of Excellent Hawaiian music?

Does the category "Hawaiian music" include the recordings of Don Ho? I remember sitting with my girl friend in a club in Waikiki in the early 1960's listening to Don Ho sing "Tiny Bubbles"... brings back memories. Ah yes, "tiny bubbles, in the wine, makes me happy, makes me feel fine..."

I don't know if it meets your standards of excellence, but one I think is pretty good except for one really dumb song is Israel Kamakawiwo'ole's Facing Future. The Over the Rainbow/Wonderful World medley that was used in Finding Forrester is really nice.

"Black Sand" Excellent disc!

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004TDOV/qid=1011304000/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_75_2/103-8441608-1416627

My favorite (out of about 5 slack guitar CDs) is Cyril Pahinui (Gabby's son)/Bob Brozman's: Four Hands Hot & Sweet. Listening to it with eyes shut, I forget where I am.

http://www.cdnow.com/cgi-bin/mserver/SID=763848733/pagename=/RP/CDN/FIND/album.html/itemid=633490

Todd

(Shameless self-plug!) I am biased, but I think our band's recording is one of the best quality recordings out there. Recorded onto 2" analog, then mastered onto HDCD. Check it out at:

www.islandriddim.com

-Kevin